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Chill out room brings results
Published in the Armadale Examiner on 13 December 2018. Oak Soe Nathan designed a therapeutic sensory room for students at Challis Community Primary School that helps students' wellbeing and development. Read the article here.
What makes a good citizen?
On Focus with Nadia Mitsopoulos
This panel discussion poses the question what makes a good citizen?
Is it more than helping the school community, a charity or being respectful to workmates?
Is being a good citizen also about creating change, being tolerant or not being complacent?
In this forum hosted by the McCusker Centre for Citizenship four respected West Australians explain what makes a good citizen.
You will first hear from Linda Savage, she is a Lawyer, a former MP and Inaugural Convener of the Valuing Children Initiative, followed by Emeritus Professor Mike Daube, the 2018 Western Australian of the Year. The Most Reverend Kay Goldsworthy, Anglican Archbishop of Perth and Jonathan Ford, CEO of Moorkitj Koort Health Service and this year’s winner of the Community Person of the Year NAIDOC Award.
Listen here.
The young recruited to fight slavery
Published in the Post Newspaper on 3 November 2018. Read how Eloise Skoss helped raise awareness about modern slavery through her internship with the Walk Free Foundation. Read the article here.
Yin & Yang - Alex Arnold and Grant Westthorp
Published in the West Weekend magazine on 6 October 2018. Alex Arnold and Grant Westthorp, CEO, Men's Resource Centre, Albany, discuss their common goal of developing the Well Man App, an app that helps men and boys manage their mental health and wellbeing. Read the article here.
Internship an invaluable way to gain insight
Published in the North West Telegraph on 26 September 2018. Read how Jerone Downie assisted youth workers working with vulnerable young people at the Youth Involvement Council Inc. Read the article here.
UWA student raises awareness about organ donation through internship
Published in the Eastern Reporter on 1 October 2018. Elizabeth Foster helped to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation through community events during her internship at the Organ Donation and Transplant Foundation of WA. Read the article here.
Not just an internship
Published in the Fremantle Gazette on 7 September 2018. Christy Ho's internship at St Patrick’s Community Support Centre, who provide care for Fremantle's homeless and disadvantaged, involved working on the Centre's marketing and communications and frontline services. Read the article here.
Student's skills to benefit others
Published in the Armadale Examiner on page 14 in the 23 August 2018 edition. Read how maths and physics student, Jesse Zhou, used his skills to develop a data collection tool at his McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship for Save the Children’s Armadale Youth Intervention Program to improve outcomes for at-risk youth here.
Communities get healthy living lift
Published in Mid-West Times on pg 37 in the 18th July edition. Read how Tonya Jack visited the Mid West towns of Morawa, Yalgoo and Mt Magnet to run sport programs and deliver positive health messages to children in these communities during her internship wth Fair Game here.
App to boost men's health
Published in Post Newspapers on page 11 in the 14th July edition. Read how intern Alex Arnold, who spent his internship designing and developing the Well Mann app with CEO of the Men's Resource Centre, Grant Westthorp, volunteered a further 350 hours to complete the app which is now available and provides boys and men around the world with tools to help manage their mental health here
Intern keen to give back with Pilbara charity Fair Game
Published in the Pilbara News on 10th July 2018. Read how Sports Science student, Riley Dolman, applied his skills in a real-world setting to help not-for-profit, Fair Game, deliver recycled sporting equipment, fitness and education programs to under-serviced remote Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Riley is continuing his work with the charity and is transitioning into a secretarial role on Fair Game’s board of directors. Read more here
UWA student learns about homelessness through Foyer Oxford internship
Published in the Guardian Express on 4th July 2018. Read how Ellen Foley helped Foyer Oxford track young people’s journey out of homelessness by compiling a report that maps and analyses the organisation’s current services and the positive outcomes these services can have on youth homelessness here
UWA student Ming Luo to visit England and share experiences of disability
Published in the Canning Times on 7th June 2018. Read how Commerce student Ming Luo has been selected for the McCusker Centre for Citizenship Global Citizenship exchange opportunity at Durham University where she will research the legal and social environment in which people with disabilities in the UK live and make contributions to the development of events and online content to enhance the accessibility for, and inclusion of, people with disabilities here
Applecross student finishes UWA McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship with Mission Australia
Published in the Melville Times on 30th May 2018. Read about how Emily Bell helped Mission Australia improve drug and alcohol services for young people in the Pilbara and South West here
Westminster UWA student to complete internship with Auspire
Published in the Eastern Reporter on 25th May 2018. Read about how Rudri Amin demonstrates the capacity and willingness of young people who are stepping forward to make a difference in their community through her internship work with Auspire – Australia Day Council WA's social inclusion programs here
Bayswater law student to take part in Global Citizenship Forum in New Zealand
Published in the Eastern Reporter on 24th May 2018. Read about how Madelaine Cannell-Lunn has been selected to represent the McCusker Centre for Citizenship at UWA at a Global Citizenship Forum in Otago, organised by the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU), and will work with other students from around the world to help shape Global Citizenship programs at university here
Citizenship and compassion key to successful student placements
Published on pg 12 in the February 2018 edition of Drugspeak produced by the WA Network of Alcohol & other Drug Agencies in partnership with the Western Australian Mental Health Commission. Read about how our interns have gained valuable insights into the importance of compassion when working in the Alcohol and other Drug Agencies sector here
Student helps Enable
Published in the Bunbury Mail on 21st March 2018. Read about how UWA Arts student, Emma Young, travelled to Bunbury to intern with Enable WA, which provides quality, individualised support for people living with a disability in the South West of the State, and assisted them in mobilising clients to build stronger community connections here
UWA duo returns from Global Citizen internships ready to tackle global issues
Published in the Western Suburbs Weekly on 22nd March 2018. Read about how UWA Law student Jessica Vu and Psychology student Shakira Donovan learned first-hand what it means to be an active citizen on a global scale during their three-month internship with Global Citizen in New York here
Student's Stint Gives Insight
Published in the Pilbara News on 14th March 2018. Read about how UWA students, such as postgraduate Law student Elizabeth Alderson, are learning about the unique differences between regional and urban communities through the McCusker Centre for Citizenship's innovative internship program here
Gabrielle intent on justice for all
Published in the Subiaco Post on 9th December 2017. Read about Gabrielle's placement at a prestigious London-based law reform organisation which has pushed for law reform to better protect individual rights and uphold Britain's reputation for adherence to international law for the past 60 years here
UWA quartet designs plan for Mirrabooka technology hub
Published online in the Stirling Times on 28th November. Read about the Tech Hub, designed by students of the Wicked Problems: Applied Transdisciplinary Design unit here
Secret Harbour uni student helps revamp Albany Men’s Resource Centre
Published online in Weekend Courier on 4th September. Read about how Alex Arnold revamped the Albany Men's Resource Centre's website and built them an app, while learning about men's mental health, during his McCusker Centre for Citizenship Internship here.
Yin & Yang - Felicity Zempilas & Felicity Negus
Published in The West Weekend Magazine, September 4th 2017. Read more about McCusker Centre for Citizenship intern Felicity Negus and her supervisor, Magistrate of WA's Start Court, Felicity Zempilas here.
Are Millenials as Selfish as We Think?
Listen to the RN Life Matters Show featuring the Centre's director Michelle Scott and our intern Jenny Vo here.
Global Poverty Fight
Published in the Canning Times, July 4th 2017. Read the full article here.
Winthrop UWA student on a mission to make a difference
Published in the Melville Times, June 29th 2017. Read the full article here.
My Generation: Model Citizens
Published in The Weekend West supplementary 'West Weekend' Magazine, June 18th 2017. Read the full article here.
Marangaroo student volunteers with Red Cross
Published on the Wanneroo Community Times, June 9th 2017. Read the full article here.
Pre-Primary a Must for Children
Published in The Examiner, 12th June 2017. Read the full article here.
UWA medical student receives McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship
Published on the Western Suburbs Weekly, 6th June 2017. Read the full article here.
Kensington resident smashing stereotypes about young people
Published in the Southern Gazette, 4th April 2017. Read the full article here.
Waterford UWA student not shy of activism after NYC stint
Published in the Southern Gazette, 23rd February 2017. Read the full article here.
Duncraig: Aspiring lawyer inspired to volunteer
Published in the Joondalip Times, 23rd February 2017. Read the full article here.
Citizens give to others
Published in The West Australian, 22nd February 2017. Read the full article here.
Medical Student Savours Field Trip
Published in The Kimberley Echo, 24th January 2017. Read the full article here.
As Citizens, what we do for society counts
Michelle Scott's, the McCusker Centre for Citizenship Director, opinion piece for The Western Australian, 14th December 2016. Read the full article here.
Providing Opportuntities for 'Active Citizenship'
Published on Pro Bono, Australia, 6th December 2016. Read the full article here.
Applecross university student gets eye-opening experience in Kimberley
Published in The Melville Times, 24th November 2016. Read the full article here.
UWA student and one of first McCusker Centre for Citizenship interns discovers ‘crazy’ statistics on youth during time with Youth Affairs Council of WA
Published in The Guardian Express, 23rd June 2016. Read the full article here.
Interns Changing Lives
Published in The Post Newspaper, 18th June 2016. Read the full article here (page 61).
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"The McCusker Centre for Citizenship provided an opportunity to explore unchartered territory and experience firsthand the inspiring work, people, and mission of the community and not-for-profit sector. I would recommend this opportunity to any UWA student. You might find a new passion or direction for your future career. I know I did."
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“Our organisation and others have been blown away by the quality and professionalism of the interns and we benefit from the different viewpoints they bring. I'm now very excited by the collective impact that potentially hundreds of these interns will have on the community service sector over the coming years, helping to build real generational change.”
